Generic Company Place Holder Comparer

Windows Explorer will tell you a lot about the properties of
files if you choose to display all the columns--but who wants to
browse a hard drive with all that usually unnecessary information
cluttering things up? An easier solution for the occasional need to
compare two similar files would be Comparer. You drag a pair of
tiles to this simple, free utility, which then displays all the
pertinent information.

By itself, Comparer is only moderately useful--it shows you only
a file's name, path, size, and attributes as well as when it was
created, last accessed, and modified. The only bit of info there
that you can't normally see with Windows Explorer is the last
accessed date. However, you can greatly expand the program's
capabilities by downloading some of the file info WDX
and WLX plugins written for the Total Commander file manager.
Tip: Use the "Scan for plugins button" on the General tab of the
settings dialog--it's much easier than adding them from the WDX/WLX
tabs.

Once you've set it up, Comparer is very informative. Now if it
could only be invoked via the Windows context menu (right-click or
shift+F10) when you select two files, you'd really have
something.

Note: This program is donationware. It is free to try,
but the author accepts and encourages donations towards further
development.

--Jon L. Jacobi

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